Coding MCTS-EIS SEI messages of an access unit

ABSTRACT

An example device for processing video data includes a memory configured to store video data; and one or more processors implemented in circuitry and configured to determine whether an access unit of the video data includes a temporal motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message; and decode an MCTS extraction information set (MCTS-EIS) SEI message of the access unit only when the access unit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message.

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application62/466,871, filed Mar. 3, 2017, and U.S. Provisional Application No.62/473,947, filed Mar. 20, 2017, the entire content of each of which ishereby incorporated by reference.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This disclosure relates to video coding.

BACKGROUND

Digital video capabilities can be incorporated into a wide range ofdevices, including digital televisions, digital direct broadcastsystems, wireless broadcast systems, personal digital assistants (PDAs),laptop or desktop computers, tablet computers, e-book readers, digitalcameras, digital recording devices, digital media players, video gamingdevices, video game consoles, cellular or satellite radio telephones,so-called “smart phones,” video teleconferencing devices, videostreaming devices, and the like. Digital video devices implement videocoding techniques, such as those described in the standards defined byMPEG-2, MPEG-4, ITU-T H.263, ITU-T H.264/MPEG-4, Part 10, Advanced VideoCoding (AVC), the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) standard, ITU-TH.265/High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), and extensions of suchstandards. The video devices may transmit, receive, encode, decode,and/or store digital video information more efficiently by implementingsuch video coding techniques.

Video coding techniques include spatial (intra-picture) predictionand/or temporal (inter-picture) prediction to reduce or removeredundancy inherent in video sequences. For block-based video coding, avideo slice (e.g., a video picture or a portion of a video picture) maybe partitioned into video blocks, which may also be referred to ascoding tree units (CTUs), coding units (CUs) and/or coding nodes. Videoblocks in an intra-coded (I) slice of a picture are encoded usingspatial prediction with respect to reference samples in neighboringblocks in the same picture. Video blocks in an inter-coded (P or B)slice of a picture may use spatial prediction with respect to referencesamples in neighboring blocks in the same picture or temporal predictionwith respect to reference samples in other reference pictures. Picturesmay be referred to as frames, and reference pictures may be referred toas reference frames.

Spatial or temporal prediction results in a predictive block for a blockto be coded. Residual data represents pixel differences between theoriginal block to be coded and the predictive block. An inter-codedblock is encoded according to a motion vector that points to a block ofreference samples forming the predictive block, and the residual dataindicating the difference between the coded block and the predictiveblock. An intra-coded block is encoded according to an intra-coding modeand the residual data. For further compression, the residual data may betransformed from the pixel domain to a transform domain, resulting inresidual transform coefficients, which then may be quantized. Thequantized transform coefficients, initially arranged in atwo-dimensional array, may be scanned in order to produce aone-dimensional vector of transform coefficients, and entropy coding maybe applied to achieve even more compression.

SUMMARY

In general, this disclosure describes video coding techniques usingenhanced designs for motion-constrained tile sets (MCTSs) that enableclean extraction of a conforming bitstream that includes a subset of theMCTSs contained in an original video bitstream. In general, thetechniques of this disclosure are described in the context of HighEfficiency Video Coding (HEVC). However, these techniques may be appliedgenerally to any video codec that enables extractable independentlycoded regions.

In one example, a method of processing video data includes determiningwhether an access unit of the video data includes a temporal motionconstrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancement information (SEI)message; and decoding an MCTS extraction information set (MCTS-EIS) SEImessage of the access unit only when the access unit includes thetemporal MCTS SEI message.

In another example, a device for processing video data includes a memoryconfigured to store video data; and one or more processors implementedin circuitry and configured to determine whether an access unit of thevideo data includes a temporal motion constrained tile sets (MCTS)supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message; and decode an MCTSextraction information set (MCTS-EIS) SEI message of the access unitonly when the access unit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message.

In another example, a device for processing video data includes meansfor determining whether an access unit of the video data includes atemporal motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancementinformation (SEI) message; and means for decoding an MCTS extractioninformation set (MCTS-EIS) SEI message of the access unit only when theaccess unit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message.

In another example, a computer-readable storage medium has storedthereon instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to determinewhether an access unit of the video data includes a temporal motionconstrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancement information (SEI)message; and decode an MCTS extraction information set (MCTS-EIS) SEImessage of the access unit only when the access unit includes thetemporal MCTS SEI message.

In another example, a method of processing video data includesdetermining a value of a syntax element of a temporal motion constrainedtile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message ofan access unit, wherein the value of the syntax element representswhether all tiles of one or more corresponding pictures are included inseparate MCTSs; and when the value of the syntax element indicates thatthe tiles of the corresponding pictures are not included in the separateMCTSs, setting an MCTS identifier of the MCTS of a current picture ofthe access unit equal to a value of an index of the MCTS, the currentpicture being one of the corresponding pictures.

In another example, a device for processing video data includes a memoryconfigured to store video data; and one or more processors implementedin circuitry and configured to determine a value of a syntax element ofa temporal motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancementinformation (SEI) message of an access unit, wherein the value of thesyntax element represents whether all tiles of one or more correspondingpictures are included in separate MCTSs; and when the value of thesyntax element indicates that the tiles of the corresponding picturesare not included in the separate MCTSs, set an MCTS identifier of theMCTS of a current picture of the access unit equal to a value of anindex of the MCTS, the current picture being one of the correspondingpictures.

In another example, a device for processing video data includes meansfor determining a value of a syntax element of a temporal motionconstrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancement information (SEI)message of an access unit, wherein the value of the syntax elementrepresents whether all tiles of one or more corresponding pictures areincluded in separate MCTSs; and means for setting an MCTS identifier ofthe MCTS of a current picture of the access unit equal to a value of anindex of the MCTS when the value of the syntax element indicates thatthe tiles of the corresponding pictures are not included in the separateMCTSs, the current picture being one of the corresponding pictures.

In another example, a computer-readable storage medium has storedthereon instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to determinea value of a syntax element of a temporal motion constrained tile sets(MCTS) supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message of an accessunit, wherein the value of the syntax element represents whether alltiles of one or more corresponding pictures are included in separateMCTSs; and when the value of the syntax element indicates that the tilesof the corresponding pictures are not included in the separate MCTSs,set an MCTS identifier of the MCTS of a current picture of the accessunit equal to a value of an index of the MCTS, the current picture beingone of the corresponding pictures.

In another example, a method of processing video data includesdetermining to extract a motion constrained tile sets (MCTS)sub-bitstream from an original bitstream based at least in part oninformation of an MCTS extraction information set (MCTS-EIS)supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message; and in response todetermining to extract the MCTS sub-bitstream, omitting all SEI networkabstraction layer (NAL) units that contain non-MCTS-nested SEI messagesfrom inclusion in the extracted MCTS sub-bitstream, regardless of avalue of a NAL unit header layer identifier value for thenon-MCTS-nested SEI messages.

In another example, a device for processing video data includes a memoryconfigured to store video data; and one or more processors implementedin circuitry and configured to determine to extract a motion constrainedtile sets (MCTS) sub-bitstream from an original bitstream including thevideo data based at least in part on information of an MCTS extractioninformation set (MCTS-EIS) supplemental enhancement information (SEI)message; and in response to determining to extract the MCTSsub-bitstream, omit all SEI network abstraction layer (NAL)units thatcontain non-MCTS-nested SEI messages from inclusion in the extractedMCTS sub-bitstream, regardless of a value of a NAL unit header layeridentifier value for the non-MCTS-nested SEI messages.

In another example, a device for processing video data includes meansfor determining to extract a motion constrained tile sets (MCTS)sub-bitstream from an original bitstream based at least in part oninformation of an MCTS extraction information set (MCTS-EIS)supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message; and means foromitting all SEI network abstraction layer (NAL) units that containnon-MCTS-nested SEI messages from inclusion in the extracted MCTSsub-bitstream in response to determining to extract the MCTSsub-bitstream, regardless of a value of NAL unit header layer identifiervalue for the non-MCTS-nested SEI messages.

In another example, a computer-readable storage medium has storedthereon instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to determineto extract a motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) sub-bitstream from anoriginal bitstream based at least in part on information of an MCTSextraction information set (MCTS-EIS) supplemental enhancementinformation (SEI) message; and in response to determining to extract theMCTS sub-bitstream, omit all SEI network abstraction layer (NAL) unitsthat contain non-MCTS-nested SEI messages from inclusion in theextracted MCTS sub-bitstream, regardless of a value of a NAL unit headerlayer identifier value for the non-MCTS-nested SEI messages.

In another example, a method of processing video data includes decodinga supplemental enhancement information (SEI) network abstraction layer(NAL) unit of a video bitstream, the SEI NAL unit containing a motionconstrained tile sets (MCTS) nesting SEI message; determining that theSEI NAL unit does not contain any non-MCTS-nesting SEI messages inresponse to the SEI NAL unit containing the MCTS nesting SEI message;and decoding subsequent SEI messages of the SEI NAL unit as MCTS nestingSEI messages in response to the determination.

In another example, a device for processing video data includes a memoryconfigured to store video data; and one or more processors implementedin circuitry and configured to decode a supplemental enhancementinformation (SEI) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit of a videobitstream including the video data, the SEI NAL unit containing a motionconstrained tile sets (MCTS) nesting SEI message; determine that the SEINAL unit does not contain any non-MCTS-nesting SEI messages in responseto the SEI NAL unit containing the MCTS nesting SEI message; and decodesubsequent SEI messages of the SEI NAL unit as MCTS nesting SEI messagesin response to the determination.

In another example, a device for processing video data includes meansfor decoding a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) networkabstraction layer (NAL) unit of a video bitstream, the SEI NAL unitcontaining a motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) nesting SEI message;means for determining that the SEI NAL unit does not contain anynon-MCTS-nesting SEI messages in response to the SEI NAL unit containingthe MCTS nesting SEI message; and means for decoding subsequent SEImessages of the SEI NAL unit as MCTS nesting SEI messages in response tothe determination.

In another example, a computer-readable storage medium has storedthereon instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to decode asupplemental enhancement information (SEI) network abstraction layer(NAL) unit of a video bitstream, the SEI NAL unit containing a motionconstrained tile sets (MCTS) nesting SEI message; determine that the SEINAL unit does not contain any non-MCTS-nesting SEI messages in responseto the SEI NAL unit containing the MCTS nesting SEI message; and decodesubsequent SEI messages of the SEI NAL unit as MCTS nesting SEI messagesin response to the determination.

The details of one or more examples are set forth in the accompanyingdrawings and the description below. Other features, objects, andadvantages will be apparent from the description and drawings, and fromthe claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example video encoding anddecoding system that may utilize techniques for processing video datausing motion-constrained tile sets (MCTSs).

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a video encoderthat may implement techniques for processing video data usingmotion-constrained tile sets (MCTSs).

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a video decoderthat may implement techniques for processing video data usingmotion-constrained tile sets (MCTSs).

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example method for extracting asub-bitstream according to the techniques of this disclosure.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another example method for extractinga sub-bitstream according to the techniques of this disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Video coding standards include ITU-T H.261, ISO/IEC MPEG-1 Visual, ITU-TH.262 or ISO/IEC MPEG-2 Visual, ITU-T H.263, ISO/IEC MPEG-4 Visual andITU-T H.264 (also known as ISO/IEC MPEG-4 AVC), including its ScalableVideo Coding (SVC) and Multiview Video Coding (MVC) extensions, andITU-T H.265 (also known as ISO/IEC MPEG-4 High Efficiency Video Coding(HEVC)), including its scalable and multiview extensions SHVC andMV-HEVC, respectively.

HEVC supports coding of extractable, independently coded regions usingmotion-constrained tile sets (MCTSs), and signalling of MCTSs using atemporal MCTSs supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message andinter-layer constrained tile sets SEI message.

The temporal MCTSs SEI message indicates that the inter predictionprocess is constrained such that no sample value outside each identifiedtile set, and no sample value at a fractional sample position that isderived using one or more sample values outside the identified tile setis used for inter prediction of any sample within the identified tileset. Some information of the indicated MCTSs, such as the tier andlevel, are also signalled in the temporal MCTSs SEI message, accordingto HEVC.

Two MCTS related SEI messages are currently being developed by theJCT-VC. A draft specification that includes the designs is in includedin document JCTVC-Z1005, available fromphenix.int-evry.fr/jct/doc_end_user/documents/26_Geneva/wg11/JCTVC-Z1005-v1.zip.In JCTVC-Z1005, these two SEI messages are named MCTSs extractioninformation set (MCTS-EIS) SEI message and MCTSs extraction informationnesting (MCTS-EIN) SEI message, respectively. Table 1 below provides thesyntax for the MCTS SEI message according to HEVC. Table 2 belowprovides the syntax for the MCTS-EIS SEI message of JCTVC-Z1005. Table 3below provides the syntax for the MCTS-EIN SEI message of JCTVC-Z1005.

TABLE 1 Descriptor temporal_motion_constrained_tile_sets ( payloadSize ){ mc_all_tiles_exact_sample_value_match_flag u(1)each_tile_one_tile_set_flag u(1) if( !each_tile_one_tile_set_flag ) {limited_tile_set_display_flag u(1) num_sets_in_message_minus1 ue(v) for(i = 0; i <= num_sets_in_message_minus1; i++ ) { mcts_id[ i ] ue(v) if(limited_tile_set_display_flag ) display_tile_set_flag[ i ] u(1)num_tile_rects_in_set_minus1[ i ] ue(v) for( j = 0; j <=num_tile_rects_in_set_minus1[ i ]; j++ ) { top_left_tile_index[ i ][ j ]ue(v) bottom_right_tile_index[ i ][ j ] ue(v) } if(!mc_all_tiles_exact_sample_value_match_flag )mc_exact_sample_value_match_flag[ i ] u(1)mcts_tier_level_idc_present_flag[ i ] u(1) if(mcts_tier_level_idc_present_flag[ i ] ) { mcts_tier_flag[ i ] u(1)mcts_level_idc[ i ] u(8) } } } else {max_mcs_tier_level_idc_present_flag u(1) if(mcts_max_tier_level_idc_present_flag ) { mcts_max_tier_flag u(1)mcts_max_level_idc u(8) } } }

TABLE 2 Descriptor mcts_extraction_info_set( ) {num_extraction_info_sets_minus1 ue(v) for( i = 0; i <=num_extraction_information_sets_minus1; i++ ) {num_associated_tile_set_identifiers_minus1[ i ] ue(v) for( j = 0; j <=num_associated_tile_set_identifiers_minus1[ i ]; j++ ) mcts_identifier[i ][ j ] ue(v) num_vps_in_extraction_info_set_minus1[ i ] ue(v) for( j =0; j <= num_vps_in_extraction_set_minus1[ i ]; j++ )vps_rbsp_data_length[ i ][ j ] ue(v)num_sps_in_extraction_info_set_minus1[ i ] ue(v) for( j = 0; j <=num_sps_in_extraction_set_minus1[ i ]; j++ ) sps_rbsp_data_length[ i ][j ] ue(v) num_pps_in_extraction_info_set_minus1[ i ] ue(v) for( j = 0; j<= num_pps_in_extraction_set_minus1[ i ]; j++ ) {pps_nuh_temporal_id_plus1[ i ][ j ] u(3) pps_rbsp_data_length[ i ][ j ]ue(v) } while( !byte_aligned( ) ) mcts_alignment_bit_equal_to_zero f(1)for( j = 0; j <= num_vps_in_extraction_set_minus1[ i ]; j++ ) for( k =0; k <= vps_rbsp_data_length[ i ][ j ]; k++ ) vps_rbsp_data_bytes[ i ][j ][ k ] u(8) for( j = 0; j <= num_sps_in_extraction_set_minus1[ i ];j++ ) for( k = 0; k <= sps_rbsp_data_length[ i ][ j ]; k++ )sps_rbsp_data_bytes[ i ][ j ][ k ] u(8) for( j = 0; j <=num_pps_in_extraction_set_minus1[ i ]; j++ ) for( k = 0; k <=pps_rbsp_data_length[ i ][ j ]; k++ ) pps_rbsp_data_bytes[ i ][ j ][ k ]u(8) } }

TABLE 3 Descriptor mcts_extraction_info_nesting( ) { all_tile_sets_flagu(1) if( !all_tile_sets_flag ) { num_associated_mcts_identifiers_minus1ue(v) for( i = 0; i <= num_associated_mcts_identifiers_minus1; i++ )mcts_identifier[ i ] ue(v) }num_sei_messages_in_mcts_extraction_nesting_minus1 ue(v) while(!byte_aligned( ) ) mcts_nesting_zero_bit /* equal to 0 */ u(1) for( i =0; i <= num_sei_messages_in_mcts_extraction_nesting_minus1; i++ )sei_message( ) }

The MCTS-EIS SEI message of JCTVC-Z1005 provides supplementalinformation that can be used in extraction of a sub-bitstream for anMCTS. The information includes a number of extraction information sets,each containing identifiers of the MCTSs to which the extractioninformation set applies. Each extraction information set contains RBSPbytes of replacement video parameter sets, sequence parameter sets, andpicture parameter sets to be used during the MCTS sub-bitstreamextraction process.

The MCTS-EIS SEI message of JCTVC-Z1005, which may be referred to as a“MCTS nesting SEI message” for simplicity, provides a mechanism toconvey and associate SEI messages with bitstream subsets correspondingto one or MCTSs. An SEI message contained in an MCTS nesting SEI messageis referred to as MCTS-nested or an MCTS-nested SEI message, and an SEImessage that is not contained in an MCTS nesting SEI message is referredto as non-MCTS-nested or a non-MCTS-nested SEI message. When asub-bitstream is extracted for an MCTS, the MCTS-nested SEI messagesapplicable to an MCTS in an access unit can be included in thecorresponding access unit of the extracted sub-bitstream asnon-MCTS-nested SEI messages.

Use of the designs of the temporal MCTSs SEI message in the current HEVCspecification as well as the two MCTS related SEI messages inJCTVC-Z1005 may encounter the following issues:

-   -   1) To be meaningful, an MCTS-EIS SEI message has to depend on a        temporal MCTSs SEI message, which is referred to as the        associated temporal MCTSs SEI message. However, the presence of        an MCTS-EIS SEI message in an access unit is not conditioned on        the presence of a temporal MCTSs SEI message. This makes the        semantics of the MCTS-EIS SEI message unnecessarily complicated,        particular with the need of specifying its own set of        associated/applicable pictures and the need of specifying a few        complicated bitstream constraints on this SEI message itself and        on the temporal MCTSs SEI message. These would make generation        of bitstreams more complicated and incur higher costs in        conformance testing.    -   2) For both of the two MCTS related SEI messages in JCTVC-Z1005,        MCTS identifiers represented by instances of the mcts_id[i]        syntax element of the associated temporal MCTSs SEI message are        used in the semantics. However, the following issues exists        here:        -   a. The current semantics of the temporal MCTSs SEI message            specify that mcts_id[i] contains an identifying number that            may be used to identify the purpose of the i-th identified            tile set. In other words, mcts_id[i] is not the MCTS            identifier, but the purpose, and different MCTSs can have            the same value of mcts_id[i] (for the same purpose).            Furthermore, values for mcts_id[i] are currently either            reserved for future use by ITU-T|ISO/IEC or specified as            “may be determined by the application” and decoders            encountering temporal MCTSs SEI messages with mcts_id[i]            having values of the first category shall ignore the SEI            messages (and in this case these two MCTS related SEI            messages would also become useless as they depend on            temporal MCTSs SEI messages), while values for mcts_id[i] of            the second category would be meaningless for any application            unless that application specifies the values.        -   b. When each_tile_one_tile_set_flag of the associated            temporal MCTSs SEI message is equal to 1, there is no            mcts_id[i] present or inferred. Consequently, this scenario,            which is common, is not supported.    -   3) There is a step in the MCTS sub-bitstream extraction process        specified in the semantics of the MCTS-EIS SEI message to remove        all SEI NAL units that have nuh_layer_id equal to 0 and that        contain non-MCTS-nested SEI messages. However, having the        condition “that have nuh_layer_id equal to 0” would keep all SEI        NAL units with nuh_layer_id greater than 0 in the extracted        bitstream, while non-MCTS-nested SEI messages in SEI NAL units        with nuh_layer_id greater than 0, if present, would not apply to        an extracted subset of MCTSs, and thus should not be included in        the extracted sub-bitstream.    -   4) The final step of the MCTS sub-bitstream extraction process        specified in the semantics of the MCTS-EIS SEI message is to        adjust the slice segment header of each VCL NAL unit, including        setting the values of the slice segment header syntax elements        first_slice_segment_in_pic_flag and slice_segment_address.        However, when there is slice segment header dependency of a        dependent slice segment of the target MCTS on an independent        slice segment of another MCTS, this sub-bitstream extraction        process won't generate a conforming bitstream, because a lot of        the slice segment syntax elements are not available for that        dependent slice segment header.    -   5) To be meaningful, an MCTS nesting SEI message has to depend        on a temporal MCTSs SEI message as well as on an MCTS-EIS SEI        message. However, the presence of an MCTS nesting SEI message in        an access unit is not conditioned on the presence of a temporal        MCTSs SEI message or an MCTS-EIS SEI message.    -   6) An SEI NAL unit containing an MCTS nesting SEI message may        contain non-MCTS-nested SEI messages. However, this        unnecessarily complicates the extraction of a conforming        bitstream for an MCTS that contain SEI messages, and actually,        one step of the MCTS sub-bitstream extraction process as        specified in the semantics of the MCTS-EIS SEI message would        remove such SEI NAL units.    -   7) An MCTS containing non-neighboring tiles is not supported by        the design of the temporal MCTSs SEI message, while the MCTS        sub-bitstream extraction process specified in the semantics of        the MCTS-EIS SEI message specifies the extraction of a        sub-bitstream for one MCTS only. However, in virtual reality or        360-degree video applications, non-neighboring tiles may        actually correspond to one region on the spherical surface, and        it can be desirable to indicate the required decoding        capability, e.g., level, of such a set of non-neighboring tiles        and/or to enable extraction of a conforming bitstream for such a        set of non-neighboring tiles.    -   8) The value of num_sets_in_message_minus1 of the temporal MCTSs        SEI message is specified to be in the range of 0 to 255,        inclusive, i.e., the number of MCTSs allowed to be signalled is        at most 256. However, in virtual reality or 360-degree video        applications, the possible number of combinations of tiles, each        combination corresponding to one MCTS, including cases where a        particular tile may be included in multiple MCTS, the maximum        number 256 may not be sufficient.    -   9) For both the MCTS-EIS SEI message and the MCTS nesting SEI        message, the value range of a few syntax elements is specified        to be 0 to 2³²−2, inclusive, including for the number of        extraction information sets and the number of MCTSs associated        with one extraction information set or the MCTS-nested SEI        messages. This upper limit may, for some situations, be        unreasonably high.

The techniques of this disclosure, which may be applied alone or in anycombination, may overcome any or all of these issues.

The MCTS SEI message may include a syntax element indicating whethertiles of one or more corresponding pictures are included in separateMCTSs, such that there is a one-to-one correspondence between tiles andMCTSs. In one example, the syntax element is aneach_tile_one_tile_set_flag. In some examples, a value of one for theeach_tile_one_tile_set_flag indicates that the tiles of the one or morecorresponding pictures are included in the separate MCTSs, and a valueof zero for the each_tile_one_tile_set_flag indicates that two or moretiles of the one or more corresponding pictures may be included in acommon MCTS (i.e., the restriction of each tile being in its own MCTSdoes not apply).

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an example video encoding anddecoding system 10 that may utilize techniques for processing video datausing motion-constrained tile sets (MCTSs). As shown in FIG. 1, system10 includes a source device 12 that provides encoded video data to bedecoded at a later time by a destination device 14. In particular,source device 12 provides the video data to destination device 14 via acomputer-readable medium 16. Source device 12 and destination device 14may comprise any of a wide range of devices, including desktopcomputers, notebook (i.e., laptop) computers, tablet computers, set-topboxes, telephone handsets such as so-called “smart” phones, so-called“smart” pads, televisions, cameras, display devices, digital mediaplayers, video gaming consoles, video streaming device, or the like. Insome cases, source device 12 and destination device 14 may be equippedfor wireless communication.

Destination device 14 may receive the encoded video data to be decodedvia computer-readable medium 16. Computer-readable medium 16 maycomprise any type of medium or device capable of moving the encodedvideo data from source device 12 to destination device 14. In oneexample, computer-readable medium 16 may comprise a communication mediumto enable source device 12 to transmit encoded video data directly todestination device 14 in real-time. The encoded video data may bemodulated according to a communication standard, such as a wirelesscommunication protocol, and transmitted to destination device 14. Thecommunication medium may comprise any wireless or wired communicationmedium, such as a radio frequency (RF) spectrum or one or more physicaltransmission lines. The communication medium may form part of apacket-based network, such as a local area network, a wide-area network,or a global network such as the Internet. The communication medium mayinclude routers, switches, base stations, or any other equipment thatmay be useful to facilitate communication from source device 12 todestination device 14.

In the example of FIG. 1, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 is providedalong computer-readable medium 16. Sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 mayform part of a device, such as a media-aware network element (MANE),router, or other device that is configured to extract sub-bitstreamsfrom original bitstreams, e.g., in accordance with the techniques ofthis disclosure. Sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 includes memory 26,for temporarily storing received data of a bitstream and extracted datafor a sub-bitstream. Sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may send theextracted data for the sub-bitstream to destination device 14.Additionally or alternatively, input interface 28 may be configured toextract sub-bitstreams from original bitstreams, e.g., in accordancewith the techniques of this disclosure. Video encoder 20 and/or outputinterface 22 may be configured to signal data for extractingsub-bitstreams in accordance with the techniques of this disclosure.

In some examples, encoded data may be output from output interface 22 toa storage device. Similarly, encoded data may be accessed from thestorage device by input interface. The storage device may include any ofa variety of distributed or locally accessed data storage media such asa hard drive, Blu-ray discs, DVDs, CD-ROMs, flash memory, volatile ornon-volatile memory, or any other suitable digital storage media forstoring encoded video data. In a further example, the storage device maycorrespond to a file server or another intermediate storage device thatmay store the encoded video generated by source device 12. Destinationdevice 14 may access stored video data from the storage device viastreaming or download. The file server may be any type of server capableof storing encoded video data and transmitting that encoded video datato the destination device 14. Example file servers include a web server(e.g., for a website), an FTP server, network attached storage (NAS)devices, or a local disk drive. Destination device 14 may access theencoded video data through any standard data connection, including anInternet connection. This may include a wireless channel (e.g., a Wi-Ficonnection), a wired connection (e.g., DSL, cable modem, etc.), or acombination of both that is suitable for accessing encoded video datastored on a file server. The transmission of encoded video data from thestorage device may be a streaming transmission, a download transmission,or a combination thereof.

The techniques of this disclosure are not necessarily limited towireless applications or settings. The techniques may be applied tovideo coding in support of any of a variety of multimedia applications,such as over-the-air television broadcasts, cable televisiontransmissions, satellite television transmissions, Internet streamingvideo transmissions, such as dynamic adaptive streaming over HTTP(DASH), digital video that is encoded onto a data storage medium,decoding of digital video stored on a data storage medium, or otherapplications. In some examples, system 10 may be configured to supportone-way or two-way video transmission to support applications such asvideo streaming, video playback, video broadcasting, and/or videotelephony.

In the example of FIG. 1, source device 12 includes video source 18,video encoder 20, and output interface 22. Destination device 14includes input interface 28, video decoder 30, and display device 32. Inaccordance with this disclosure, video encoder 20 of source device 12,output interface 22, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24, input interface28, and/or video decoder 30 may be configured to apply the techniquesfor processing video data using motion-constrained tile sets (MCTSs). Inother examples, a source device and a destination device may includeother components or arrangements. For example, source device 12 mayreceive video data from an external video source 18, such as an externalcamera. Likewise, destination device 14 may interface with an externaldisplay device, rather than including an integrated display device.

The illustrated system 10 of FIG. 1 is merely one example. Techniquesfor processing video data using motion-constrained tile sets (MCTSs) maybe performed by any digital video encoding and/or decoding device.Although generally the techniques of this disclosure are performed by avideo encoding device, the techniques may also be performed by a videoencoder/decoder, typically referred to as a “CODEC.” Moreover, thetechniques of this disclosure may also be performed by a videopreprocessor. Source device 12 and destination device 14 are merelyexamples of such coding devices in which source device 12 generatescoded video data for transmission to destination device 14. In someexamples, devices 12, 14 may operate in a substantially symmetricalmanner such that each of devices 12, 14 include video encoding anddecoding components. Hence, system 10 may support one-way or two-wayvideo transmission between video devices 12, 14, e.g., for videostreaming, video playback, video broadcasting, or video telephony.

Video source 18 of source device 12 may include a video capture device,such as a video camera, a video archive containing previously capturedvideo, and/or a video feed interface to receive video from a videocontent provider. As a further alternative, video source 18 may generatecomputer graphics-based data as the source video, or a combination oflive video, archived video, and computer-generated video. In some cases,if video source 18 is a video camera, source device 12 and destinationdevice 14 may form so-called camera phones or video phones. As mentionedabove, however, the techniques described in this disclosure may beapplicable to video coding in general, and may be applied to wirelessand/or wired applications. In each case, the captured, pre-captured, orcomputer-generated video may be encoded by video encoder 20. The encodedvideo information may then be output by output interface 22 onto acomputer-readable medium 16.

Computer-readable medium 16 may include transient media, such as awireless broadcast or wired network transmission, or storage media (thatis, non-transitory storage media), such as a hard disk, flash drive,compact disc, digital video disc, Blu-ray disc, or othercomputer-readable media. In some examples, a network server (not shown)may receive encoded video data from source device 12 and provide theencoded video data to destination device 14, e.g., via networktransmission. Similarly, a computing device of a medium productionfacility, such as a disc stamping facility, may receive encoded videodata from source device 12 and produce a disc containing the encodedvideo data. Therefore, computer-readable medium 16 may be understood toinclude one or more computer-readable media of various forms, in variousexamples.

Input interface 28 of destination device 14 receives information fromcomputer-readable medium 16. The information of computer-readable medium16 may include syntax information defined by video encoder 20, which isalso used by video decoder 30, that includes syntax elements thatdescribe characteristics and/or processing of blocks and other codedunits. Display device 32 displays the decoded video data to a user, andmay comprise any of a variety of display devices such as a cathode raytube (CRT), a liquid crystal display (LCD), a plasma display, an organiclight emitting diode (OLED) display, or another type of display device.

Video encoder 20 and video decoder 30 may operate according to a videocoding standard, such as the High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)standard, also referred to as ITU-T H.265. Alternatively, video encoder20 and video decoder 30 may operate according to other proprietary orindustry standards, such as the ITU-T H.264 standard, alternativelyreferred to as MPEG-4, Part 10, Advanced Video Coding (AVC), orextensions of such standards. The techniques of this disclosure,however, are not limited to any particular coding standard. Otherexamples of video coding standards include MPEG-2 and ITU-T H.263.Although not shown in FIG. 1, in some aspects, video encoder 20 andvideo decoder 30 may each be integrated with an audio encoder anddecoder, and may include appropriate MUX-DEMUX units, or other hardwareand software, to handle encoding of both audio and video in a commondata stream or separate data streams. If applicable, MUX-DEMUX units mayconform to the ITU H.223 multiplexer protocol, or other protocols suchas the user datagram protocol (UDP).

Video encoder 20 and video decoder 30 each may be implemented as any ofa variety of suitable encoder circuitry, such as one or moremicroprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs), application specificintegrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs),discrete logic, software, hardware, firmware or any combinationsthereof. When the techniques are implemented partially in software, adevice may store instructions for the software in a suitable,non-transitory computer-readable medium and execute the instructions inhardware using one or more processors to perform the techniques of thisdisclosure. Each of video encoder 20 and video decoder 30 may beincluded in one or more encoders or decoders, either of which may beintegrated as part of a combined encoder/decoder (CODEC) in a respectivedevice.

In general, according to ITU-T H.265, a video picture may be dividedinto a sequence of coding tree units (CTUs) (or largest coding units(LCUs)) that may include both luma and chroma samples. Alternatively,CTUs may include monochrome data (i.e., only luma samples). Syntax datawithin a bitstream may define a size for the CTU, which is a largestcoding unit in terms of the number of pixels. A slice includes a numberof consecutive CTUs in coding order. A video picture may be partitionedinto one or more slices. Each CTU may be split into coding units (CUs)according to a quadtree. In general, a quadtree data structure includesone node per CU, with a root node corresponding to the CTU. If a CU issplit into four sub-CUs, the node corresponding to the CU includes fourleaf nodes, each of which corresponds to one of the sub-CUs.

Each node of the quadtree data structure may provide syntax data for thecorresponding CU. For example, a node in the quadtree may include asplit flag, indicating whether the CU corresponding to the node is splitinto sub-CUs. Syntax elements for a CU may be defined recursively, andmay depend on whether the CU is split into sub-CUs. If a CU is not splitfurther, it is referred as a leaf-CU. In this disclosure, four sub-CUsof a leaf-CU will also be referred to as leaf-CUs even if there is noexplicit splitting of the original leaf-CU. For example, if a CU at16×16 size is not split further, the four 8×8 sub-CUs will also bereferred to as leaf-CUs although the 16×16 CU was never split.

A CU has a similar purpose as a macroblock of the H.264 standard, exceptthat a CU does not have a size distinction. For example, a CTU may besplit into four child nodes (also referred to as sub-CUs), and eachchild node may in turn be a parent node and be split into another fourchild nodes. A final, unsplit child node, referred to as a leaf node ofthe quadtree, comprises a coding node, also referred to as a leaf-CU.Syntax data associated with a coded bitstream may define a maximumnumber of times a CTU may be split, referred to as a maximum CU depth,and may also define a minimum size of the coding nodes. Accordingly, abitstream may also define a smallest coding unit (SCU). This disclosureuses the term “block” to refer to any of a CU, prediction unit (PU), ortransform unit (TU), in the context of HEVC, or similar data structuresin the context of other standards (e.g., macroblocks and sub-blocksthereof in H.264/AVC).

A CU includes a coding node and prediction units (PUs) and transformunits (TUs) associated with the coding node. A size of the CUcorresponds to a size of the coding node and is generally square inshape. The size of the CU may range from 8×8 pixels up to the size ofthe CTU with a maximum size, e.g., 64×64 pixels or greater. Each CU maycontain one or more PUs and one or more TUs. Syntax data associated witha CU may describe, for example, partitioning of the CU into one or morePUs. Partitioning modes may differ between whether the CU is skip ordirect mode encoded, intra-prediction mode encoded, or inter-predictionmode encoded. PUs may be partitioned to be non-square in shape. Syntaxdata associated with a CU may also describe, for example, partitioningof the CU into one or more TUs according to a quadtree. A TU can besquare or non-square (e.g., rectangular) in shape.

The HEVC standard allows for transformations according to TUs, which maybe different for different CUs. The TUs are typically sized based on thesize of PUs (or partitions of a CU) within a given CU defined for apartitioned CTU, although this may not always be the case. The TUs aretypically the same size or smaller than the PUs (or partitions of a CU,e.g., in the case of intra prediction). In some examples, residualsamples corresponding to a CU may be subdivided into smaller units usinga quadtree structure known as a “residual quad tree” (RQT). The leafnodes of the RQT may be referred to as transform units (TUs). Pixeldifference values associated with the TUs may be transformed to producetransform coefficients, which may be quantized.

A leaf-CU may include one or more prediction units (PUs) when predictedusing inter-prediction. In general, a PU represents a spatial areacorresponding to all or a portion of the corresponding CU, and mayinclude data for retrieving and/or generating a reference sample for thePU. Moreover, a PU includes data related to prediction. When the CU isinter-mode encoded, one or more PUs of the CU may include data definingmotion information, such as one or more motion vectors, or the PUs maybe skip mode coded. Data defining the motion vector for a PU maydescribe, for example, a horizontal component of the motion vector, avertical component of the motion vector, a resolution for the motionvector (e.g., one-quarter pixel precision or one-eighth pixelprecision), a reference picture to which the motion vector points,and/or a reference picture list (e.g., List 0 or List 1) for the motionvector.

Leaf-CUs may also be intra-mode predicted. In general, intra predictioninvolves predicting a leaf-CU (or partitions thereof) using anintra-mode. A video coder may select a set of neighboring, previouslycoded pixels to the leaf-CU to use to predict the leaf-CU (or partitionsthereof).

A leaf-CU may also include one or more transform units (TUs). Thetransform units may be specified using an RQT (also referred to as a TUquadtree structure), as discussed above. For example, a split flag mayindicate whether a leaf-CU is split into four transform units. Then,each TU may be split further into further sub-TUs. When a TU is notsplit further, it may be referred to as a leaf-TU. Generally, for intracoding, all the leaf-TUs belonging to a leaf-CU share the same intraprediction mode. That is, the same intra-prediction mode is generallyapplied to calculate predicted values for all TUs of a leaf-CU. Forintra coding, a video encoder may calculate a residual value for eachleaf-TU using the intra prediction mode, as a difference between theportion of the CU corresponding to the TU and the original block. A TUis not necessarily limited to the size of a PU. Thus, TUs may be largeror smaller than a PU. For intra coding, partitions of a CU, or the CUitself, may be collocated with a corresponding leaf-TU for the CU. Insome examples, the maximum size of a leaf-TU may correspond to the sizeof the corresponding leaf-CU.

Moreover, TUs of leaf-CUs may also be associated with respectivequadtree data structures, referred to as residual quadtrees (RQTs). Thatis, a leaf-CU may include a quadtree indicating how the leaf-CU ispartitioned into TUs. The root node of a TU quadtree generallycorresponds to a leaf-CU, while the root node of a CU quadtree generallycorresponds to a CTU (or LCU). TUs of the RQT that are not split arereferred to as leaf-TUs. In general, this disclosure uses the terms CUand TU to refer to leaf-CU and leaf-TU, respectively, unless notedotherwise.

A video sequence typically includes a series of video frames orpictures, starting with a random access point (RAP) picture. A videosequence may include syntax data in a sequence parameter set (SPS) thatcharacteristics of the video sequence. Each slice of a picture mayinclude slice syntax data that describes an encoding mode for therespective slice. Video encoder 20 typically operates on video blockswithin individual video slices in order to encode the video data. Avideo block may correspond to a coding node within a CU. The videoblocks may have fixed or varying sizes, and may differ in size accordingto a specified coding standard.

As an example, prediction may be performed for PUs of various sizes.Assuming that the size of a particular CU is 2N×2N, intra-prediction maybe performed on PU sizes of 2N×2N or N×N, and inter-prediction may beperformed on symmetric PU sizes of 2N×2N, 2N×N, N×2N, or N×N. Asymmetricpartitioning for inter-prediction may also be performed for PU sizes of2N×nU, 2N×nD, nL×2N, and nR×2N. In asymmetric partitioning, onedirection of a CU is not partitioned, while the other direction ispartitioned into 25% and 75%. The portion of the CU corresponding to the25% partition is indicated by an “n” followed by an indication of “Up”,“Down,” “Left,” or “Right.” Thus, for example, “2N×nU” refers to a 2N×2NCU that is partitioned horizontally with a 2N×0.5N PU on top and a2N×1.5N PU on bottom.

In this disclosure, “N×N” and “N by N” may be used interchangeably torefer to the pixel dimensions of a video block in terms of vertical andhorizontal dimensions, e.g., 16×16 pixels or 16 by 16 pixels. Ingeneral, a 16×16 block will have 16 pixels in a vertical direction(y=16) and 16 pixels in a horizontal direction (x=16). Likewise, an N×Nblock generally has N pixels in a vertical direction and N pixels in ahorizontal direction, where N represents a nonnegative integer value.The pixels in a block may be arranged in rows and columns. Moreover,blocks need not necessarily have the same number of pixels in thehorizontal direction as in the vertical direction. For example, blocksmay comprise N×M pixels, where M is not necessarily equal to N.

Following intra-predictive or inter-predictive coding using the PUs of aCU, video encoder 20 may calculate residual data for the TUs of the CU.The PUs may comprise syntax data describing a method or mode ofgenerating predictive pixel data in the spatial domain (also referred toas the pixel domain) and the TUs may comprise coefficients in thetransform domain following application of a transform, e.g., a discretecosine transform (DCT), an integer transform, a wavelet transform, or aconceptually similar transform to residual video data. The residual datamay correspond to pixel differences between pixels of the unencodedpicture and prediction values corresponding to the PUs. Video encoder 20may form the TUs to include quantized transform coefficientsrepresentative of the residual data for the CU. That is, video encoder20 may calculate the residual data (in the form of a residual block),transform the residual block to produce a block of transformcoefficients, and then quantize the transform coefficients to formquantized transform coefficients. Video encoder 20 may form a TUincluding the quantized transform coefficients, as well as other syntaxinformation (e.g., splitting information for the TU).

As noted above, following any transforms to produce transformcoefficients, video encoder 20 may perform quantization of the transformcoefficients. Quantization generally refers to a process in whichtransform coefficients are quantized to possibly reduce the amount ofdata used to represent the coefficients, providing further compression.The quantization process may reduce the bit depth associated with someor all of the coefficients. For example, an n-bit value may be roundeddown to an m-bit value during quantization, where n is greater than m.

Following quantization, the video encoder may scan the transformcoefficients, producing a one-dimensional vector from thetwo-dimensional matrix including the quantized transform coefficients.The scan may be designed to place higher energy (and therefore lowerfrequency) coefficients at the front of the array and to place lowerenergy (and therefore higher frequency) coefficients at the back of thearray. In some examples, video encoder 20 may utilize a predefined scanorder to scan the quantized transform coefficients to produce aserialized vector that can be entropy encoded. In other examples, videoencoder 20 may perform an adaptive scan. After scanning the quantizedtransform coefficients to form a one-dimensional vector, video encoder20 may entropy encode the one-dimensional vector, e.g., according tocontext-adaptive variable length coding (CAVLC), context-adaptive binaryarithmetic coding (CABAC), syntax-based context-adaptive binaryarithmetic coding (SBAC), Probability Interval Partitioning Entropy(PIPE) coding or another entropy encoding methodology. Video encoder 20may also entropy encode syntax elements associated with the encodedvideo data for use by video decoder 30 in decoding the video data.

To perform CABAC, video encoder 20 may assign a context within a contextmodel to a symbol to be transmitted. The context may relate to, forexample, whether neighboring values of the symbol are non-zero or not.To perform CAVLC, video encoder 20 may select a variable length code fora symbol to be transmitted. Codewords in VLC may be constructed suchthat relatively shorter codes correspond to more probable symbols, whilelonger codes correspond to less probable symbols. In this way, the useof VLC may achieve a bit savings over, for example, using equal-lengthcodewords for each symbol to be transmitted. The probabilitydetermination may be based on a context assigned to the symbol.

In general, video decoder 30 performs a substantially similar, albeitreciprocal, process to that performed by video encoder 20 to decodeencoded data. For example, video decoder 30 inverse quantizes andinverse transforms coefficients of a received TU to reproduce a residualblock. Video decoder 30 uses a signaled prediction mode (intra- orinter-prediction) to form a predicted block. Then video decoder 30combines the predicted block and the residual block (on a pixel-by-pixelbasis) to reproduce the original block. Additional processing may beperformed, such as performing a deblocking process to reduce visualartifacts along block boundaries. Furthermore, video decoder 30 maydecode syntax elements using CABAC in a manner substantially similar to,albeit reciprocal to, the CABAC encoding process of video encoder 20.

In accordance with the techniques of this disclosure, source device 12(e.g., video encoder 20 and/or output interface 22) may be configured tosignal data and a sub-bitstream extraction unit, such as sub-bitstreamextraction unit 24 and/or input interface 28 of destination device 14,may be configured to extract a sub-bitstream using the signaled data. Inparticular, these elements may implement any or all of the techniques ofthis disclosure to address the enumerated problems discussed above. Thevarious techniques described below may be performed alone or in anycombination.

-   1) A potential solution to the first problem discussed above is to    impose a restriction that an MCTS-EIS SEI message shall not be    present in an access unit unless there is a temporal MCTSs SEI    message present in the access unit. Consequently, the set of    associated pictures associatedPicSet of the temporal MCTS SEI    message applies to the MCTS-EIS SEI message. And furthermore, the    definition of associatedPicSet and the constraints on the presence    of the MCTS-EIS SEI message and the presence of the temporal MCTSs    SEI message in the semantics of the MCTS-EIS SEI message can be    removed. In this manner, source device 12, sub-bitstream extraction    unit 24, and destination device 14 may code an MCTS-EIS SEI message    of an access unit only when the access unit includes a temporal MCTS    SEI message.-   2) Potential solutions to the second problem discussed above include    the following:    -   a. A potential solution to problem 2a above is as follows. When        the value of each_tile_one_tile_set_flag of the associated        temporal MCTS SEI message is equal to 0, the MCTS identifier of        an MCTS of the current picture is specified as the value of the        index of the MCTS, where the index is the variable i within the        loop of the num_sets_in_message_minus1+1 sets of MCTS        information specified by the associated MCTS SEI message. Thus,        when the value of the each_tile_one_tile_set_flag syntax element        is equal to zero, source device 12, sub-bitstream extraction        unit 24, and destination device 14 may set an MCTS identifier of        an MCTS of a current picture of the access unit equal to a value        of an index of the MCTS.    -   b. A potential solution to problem 2b above is to define the        MCTS identifier for each MCTS as the tile position of the single        tile in the MCTS in tile raster scan order when        each_tile_one_tile_set_flag of the associated temporal MCTSs SEI        message is equal to 1. Thus, when the value of the        each_tile_one_tile_set_flag syntax element is equal to one,        source device 12, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24, and        destination device 14 may set MCTS identifiers for each MCTS        equal to a tile position of a corresponding tile in the MCTS in        tile raster scan order.-   3) A potential solution to the third problem discussed above is to    remove the condition “that have nuh_layer_id equal to 0” from the    wording of the step in the MCTS sub-bitstream extraction process    specified in the semantics of the MCTS-EIS SEI message that    specifies the removal of all SEI NAL units that have nuh_layer_id    equal to 0 and that contain non-MCTS-nested SEI messages, i.e., the    step is changed to specify the removal of all SEI NAL units that    contain non-MCTS-nested SEI messages. Thus, sub-bitstream extraction    unit 24 and/or destination device 14 may, when extracting an MCTS    sub-bitstream, omit all SEI NAL units that contain non-MCTS-nested    SEI messages from inclusion in the extracted MCTS sub-bitstream,    regardless of a value of a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit    header layer identifier value for the non-MCTS-nested SEI messages.-   4) A potential solution to the fourth problem discussed above is to    impose a constraint that a slice segment that contains one or more    tiles belonging to any particular MCTS mctsA shall not be a    dependent slice segment of an independent slice segment that    contains one or more tiles that do not belong to mctsA. This    constraint should be specified as part of the semantics of either    the temporal MCTSs SEI message or the MCTS-EIS SEI message. Thus,    video encoder 20 and video decoder 30 may code all slice segments    containing one or more tiles belonging to respective MCTSs of the    video data such that the slice segments depend at most on slice    segments within the same MCTS.-   5) A potential solution to the fifth problem discussed above is to    impose a constraint that an MCTS nesting SEI message shall not be    present in an access unit unless there is an MCTS-EIS SEI message    present in the access unit. Thus, source device 12, sub-bitstream    extraction unit 24, and destination device 14 may code an MCTS    nesting SEI message of an access unit only when the access unit    includes an MCTS-EIS SEI message.    -   a. Alternatively, a constraint may be imposed that an MCTS        nesting SEI message shall not be present in the current access        unit unless the current picture belongs to the associatedPicSet        of an MCTS-EIS SEI message. Thus, when an access unit includes        an MCTS-EIS SEI message, source device 12, sub-bitstream        extraction unit 24, and destination device 14 may determine a        set of associated pictures of the MCTS-EIS SEI message,        determine whether a current picture of the access unit is        included in the set of associated pictures, and code an MCTS        nesting SEI message of the access unit only when the current        picture is included in the set of associated pictures.-   6) A potential solution to the sixth problem discussed above is to    impose a constraint that an SEI NAL unit containing an MCTS nesting    SEI message shall not contain any other SEI message that is not    MCTS-nested in the MCTS-nesting SEI message. Thus, source device 12,    sub-bitstream extraction unit 24, and destination device 14 may    determine that an MCTS nesting SEI message does not contain any    non-MCTS-nesting SEI messages in response to a parent SEI message    containing the MCTS nesting SEI message (and thus, may avoid coding    any non-MCTS-nesting SEI messages).-   7) The following techniques may be used to solve the seventh problem    discussed above:    -   a. One technique is to change the MCTS-EIS SEI message as        follows. In the MCTS sub-bitstream extraction process specified        as part of the semantics, instead of extracting a sub-bitstream        for one MCTS, a sub-bitstream is extracted for a set of one or        more MCTSs. Consequently, the tier and level of the set of MCTSs        would be signalled in the replacement SPSs for inclusion into        the extracted sub-bitstream. For convenient access of the tier        and level information, the tier and level for each set of MCTSs        may also be additionally signalled in the MCTS-EIS SEI message        when the set of MCTSs contains more than one MCTS. Thus,        sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 and destination device 14 may        extract an MCTS sub-bitstream from an original bitstream such        that the MCTS sub-bitstream includes a set of two or more MCTSs.        It should be noted that this solution may also solve the eighth        problem discussed above.        -   i. Each set of MCTSs for which a conforming bitstream can be            extracted may correspond to one extraction information set            indicated in the MCTS-EIS SEI message.        -   ii. Alternatively, to keep the functionality for sharing of            replacement VPSs, SPSs, and PPSs by multiple extractable            data sets, the following syntax changes may be applied:            within the loop of extraction information sets, add one more            loop, such that there is a list of extractable sets of MCTSs            signalled for each extraction information set, and for each            extractable set of MCTSs, the list of the MCTS identifiers            is signalled. The replacement VPSs, SPSs, and PPSs of one            extraction information set applies to the extraction of a            sub-bitstream for any particular extractable set of MCTSs.    -   b. Another solution is to define a new SEI message to allow for        grouping of non-neighboring tiles into one MCTS, as long as the        set of tiles can be merged into one rectangular region of        samples. Thus, source device 12, sub-bitstream extraction unit        24, and destination device 14 may code an SEI message of an        original bitstream including information representative of        non-neighboring tiles that can be grouped into a common motion        constrained tile sets (MCTS), and code a list of tile indexes        for the non-neighboring tiles that can be grouped into the        common MCTS. An example of such a new SEI message is the same as        the temporal MCTS SEI message except in the following aspects:        -   i. A different SEI payload type is used.        -   ii. For indicating the set of tiles in an MCTS, instead of            using the two syntax elements top_left_tile_index[i][j] and            bottom_right_tile_index[i][j] that identify the tile            position of the top-left tile and the tile position of the            bottom-right tile in a rectangular region of the i-th            identified temporal motion-constrained tile set,            respectively, in tile raster scan order, a list of tile            indexes is used.-   8) A potential solution to the eighth problem discussed above is to    change the signaling of the maximum number of allowed MCTSs to be a    greater value, e.g., 1024, 2048, or 4096. Thus, source device 12,    sub-bitstream extraction unit 24, and destination device 14 may code    a value for a syntax element of the MCTS SEI message, where the    syntax element represents a number of MCTSs signaled in the temporal    MCTS SEI message, and the value of the syntax element indicates that    the number of MCTSs is greater than 256.-   9) A potential solution to the ninth problem discussed above is to    change the upper limit to a more reasonable, practical value such as    255, 511, 1023, 2047 or 4095. As one example and as will be    explained in greater detail below, instead of the value of the    syntax element num_extraction_info_sets_minus1 being in the range of    0 to 2³²−2, inclusive, the value may be in the range of 0 to 2047,    inclusive.

Below are some example combinations of the above-described techniques.This list of proposed combinations is not intended to be exhaustive, asany other combination may be implemented as well.

-   1) Techniques 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, and 6-   2) Techniques 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8-   3) Techniques 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7a-   4) Techniques 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7a, and 8-   5) Techniques 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5a, and 6-   6) Techniques 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5a, 6, and 7a-   7) Techniques 1, 2a, 2b, 3, and 4-   8) Techniques 2a, 2b, 3, and 4-   9) Techniques 2a, 2b, 5 and 6-   10) Technique 1 only-   11) Technique 2a only-   12) Technique 2b only-   13) Techniques 2a and 2b-   14) Technique 3 only-   15) Technique 4 only-   16) Technique 5 only-   17) Technique 5a only-   18) Technique 6 only-   19) Technique 7b only-   20) Technique 8 only-   21) Techniques 7b and 8, with the temporal MCTS SEI message in    technique 8 being replaced with the new SEI message in technique 7b.-   22) Techniques 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, and 7b, with the temporal MCTS    SEI message in the techniques other than technique 7b being replaced    with the new SEI message in technique 7b.-   23) Techniques 1, 2a, 2b, 3, 4, 5, 7b, and 8, with the temporal MCTS    SEI message in the techniques other than technique 7b being replaced    with the new SEI message in technique 7b.-   24) Each of the above techniques plus technique 9.

Video encoder 20 may further send syntax data, such as block-basedsyntax data, picture-based syntax data, and sequence-based syntax data,to video decoder 30, e.g., in a picture header, a block header, a sliceheader, or other syntax data, such as a sequence parameter set (SPS),picture parameter set (PPS), or video parameter set (VPS).

Video encoder 20 and video decoder 30 each may be implemented as any ofa variety of suitable encoder or decoder circuitry, as applicable, suchas one or more microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSPs),application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmablegate arrays (FPGAs), discrete logic circuitry, software, hardware,firmware or any combinations thereof. Each of video encoder 20 and videodecoder 30 may be included in one or more encoders or decoders, eitherof which may be integrated as part of a combined video encoder/decoder(CODEC). A device including video encoder 20 and/or video decoder 30 maycomprise an integrated circuit, a microprocessor, and/or a wirelesscommunication device, such as a cellular telephone.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of video encoder 20that may implement techniques for processing video data usingmotion-constrained tile sets (MCTSs). Video encoder 20 may performintra- and inter-coding of video blocks within video slices.Intra-coding relies on spatial prediction to reduce or remove spatialredundancy in video within a given video frame or picture. Inter-codingrelies on temporal prediction to reduce or remove temporal redundancy invideo within adjacent frames or pictures of a video sequence. Intra-mode(I mode) may refer to any of several spatial based coding modes.Inter-modes, such as uni-directional prediction (P mode) orbi-prediction (B mode), may refer to any of several temporal-basedcoding modes.

As shown in FIG. 2, video encoder 20 receives a current video blockwithin a video frame to be encoded. In the example of FIG. 2, videoencoder 20 includes mode select unit 40, reference picture memory 64(which may also be referred to as a decoded picture buffer (DPB)),summer 50, transform processing unit 52, quantization unit 54, andentropy encoding unit 56. Mode select unit 40, in turn, includes motioncompensation unit 44, motion estimation unit 42, intra-prediction unit46, and partition unit 48. For video block reconstruction, video encoder20 also includes inverse quantization unit 58, inverse transform unit60, and summer 62. A deblocking filter (not shown in FIG. 2) may also beincluded to filter block boundaries to remove blockiness artifacts fromreconstructed video. If desired, the deblocking filter would typicallyfilter the output of summer 62. Additional filters (in loop or postloop) may also be used in addition to the deblocking filter. Suchfilters are not shown for brevity, but if desired, may filter the outputof summer 50 (as an in-loop filter).

During the encoding process, video encoder 20 receives a video frame orslice to be coded. The frame or slice may be divided into multiple videoblocks. Motion estimation unit 42 and motion compensation unit 44perform inter-predictive encoding of the received video block relativeto one or more blocks in one or more reference frames to providetemporal prediction. Intra-prediction unit 46 may alternatively performintra-predictive encoding of the received video block relative to one ormore neighboring blocks in the same frame or slice as the block to becoded to provide spatial prediction. Video encoder 20 may performmultiple coding passes, e.g., to select an appropriate coding mode foreach block of video data.

Moreover, partition unit 48 may partition blocks of video data intosub-blocks, based on evaluation of previous partitioning schemes inprevious coding passes. For example, partition unit 48 may initiallypartition a frame or slice into CTUs, and partition each of the CTUsinto sub-CUs based on rate-distortion analysis (e.g., rate-distortionoptimization). Mode select unit 40 may further produce a quadtree datastructure indicative of partitioning of a CTU into sub-CUs. Leaf-nodeCUs of the quadtree may include one or more PUs and one or more TUs.

Mode select unit 40 may select one of the prediction modes, intra orinter, e.g., based on error results, and provides the resultingpredicted block to summer 50 to generate residual data and to summer 62to reconstruct the encoded block for use as a reference frame. Modeselect unit 40 also provides syntax elements, such as motion vectors,intra-mode indicators, partition information, and other such syntaxinformation, to entropy encoding unit 56.

Motion estimation unit 42 and motion compensation unit 44 may be highlyintegrated, but are illustrated separately for conceptual purposes.Motion estimation, performed by motion estimation unit 42, is theprocess of generating motion vectors, which estimate motion for videoblocks. A motion vector, for example, may indicate the displacement of aPU of a video block within a current video frame or picture relative toa predictive block within a reference frame (or other coded unit)relative to the current block being coded within the current frame (orother coded unit). A predictive block is a block that is found toclosely match the block to be coded, in terms of pixel difference, whichmay be determined by sum of absolute difference (SAD), sum of squaredifference (SSD), or other difference metrics. In some examples, videoencoder 20 may calculate values for sub-integer pixel positions ofreference pictures stored in reference picture memory 64. For example,video encoder 20 may interpolate values of one-quarter pixel positions,one-eighth pixel positions, or other fractional pixel positions of thereference picture. Therefore, motion estimation unit 42 may perform amotion search relative to the full pixel positions and fractional pixelpositions and output a motion vector with fractional pixel precision.

Motion estimation unit 42 calculates a motion vector for a PU of a videoblock in an inter-coded slice by comparing the position of the PU to theposition of a predictive block of a reference picture. The referencepicture may be selected from a first reference picture list (List 0) ora second reference picture list (List 1), each of which identify one ormore reference pictures stored in reference picture memory 64. Motionestimation unit 42 sends the calculated motion vector to entropyencoding unit 56 and motion compensation unit 44.

Motion compensation, performed by motion compensation unit 44, mayinvolve fetching or generating the predictive block based on the motionvector determined by motion estimation unit 42. Again, motion estimationunit 42 and motion compensation unit 44 may be functionally integrated,in some examples. Upon receiving the motion vector for the PU of thecurrent video block, motion compensation unit 44 may locate thepredictive block to which the motion vector points in one of thereference picture lists. Summer 50 forms a residual video block bysubtracting pixel values of the predictive block from the pixel valuesof the current video block being coded, forming pixel difference values,as discussed below. In general, motion estimation unit 42 performsmotion estimation relative to luma components, and motion compensationunit 44 uses motion vectors calculated based on the luma components forboth chroma components and luma components. Mode select unit 40 may alsogenerate syntax elements associated with the video blocks and the videoslice for use by video decoder 30 in decoding the video blocks of thevideo slice.

Intra-prediction unit 46 may intra-predict a current block, as analternative to the inter-prediction performed by motion estimation unit42 and motion compensation unit 44, as described above. In particular,intra-prediction unit 46 may determine an intra-prediction mode to useto encode a current block. In some examples, intra-prediction unit 46may encode a current block using various intra-prediction modes, e.g.,during separate encoding passes, and intra-prediction unit 46 (or modeselect unit 40, in some examples) may select an appropriateintra-prediction mode to use from the tested modes.

For example, intra-prediction unit 46 may calculate rate-distortionvalues using a rate-distortion analysis for the various testedintra-prediction modes, and select the intra-prediction mode having thebest rate-distortion characteristics among the tested modes.Rate-distortion analysis generally determines an amount of distortion(or error) between an encoded block and an original, unencoded blockthat was encoded to produce the encoded block, as well as a bitrate(that is, a number of bits) used to produce the encoded block.Intra-prediction unit 46 may calculate ratios from the distortions andrates for the various encoded blocks to determine which intra-predictionmode exhibits the best rate-distortion value for the block.

After selecting an intra-prediction mode for a block, intra-predictionunit 46 may provide information indicative of the selectedintra-prediction mode for the block to entropy encoding unit 56. Entropyencoding unit 56 may encode the information indicating the selectedintra-prediction mode. Video encoder 20 may include in the transmittedbitstream configuration data, which may include a plurality ofintra-prediction mode index tables and a plurality of modifiedintra-prediction mode index tables (also referred to as codeword mappingtables), definitions of encoding contexts for various blocks, andindications of a most probable intra-prediction mode, anintra-prediction mode index table, and a modified intra-prediction modeindex table to use for each of the contexts.

Video encoder 20 forms a residual video block by subtracting theprediction data from mode select unit 40 from the original video blockbeing coded. Summer 50 represents the component or components thatperform this subtraction operation. Transform processing unit 52 appliesa transform, such as a discrete cosine transform (DCT) or a conceptuallysimilar transform, to the residual block, producing a video blockcomprising transform coefficient values. Wavelet transforms, integertransforms, sub-band transforms, discrete sine transforms (DSTs), orother types of transforms could be used instead of a DCT. In any case,transform processing unit 52 applies the transform to the residualblock, producing a block of transform coefficients. The transform mayconvert the residual information from a pixel domain to a transformdomain, such as a frequency domain. Transform processing unit 52 maysend the resulting transform coefficients to quantization unit 54.Quantization unit 54 quantizes the transform coefficients to furtherreduce bit rate. The quantization process may reduce the bit depthassociated with some or all of the coefficients. The degree ofquantization may be modified by adjusting a quantization parameter.

Following quantization, entropy encoding unit 56 entropy codes thequantized transform coefficients. For example, entropy encoding unit 56may perform context adaptive variable length coding (CAVLC), contextadaptive binary arithmetic coding (CABAC), syntax-based context-adaptivebinary arithmetic coding (SBAC), probability interval partitioningentropy (PIPE) coding or another entropy coding technique. In the caseof context-based entropy coding, context may be based on neighboringblocks. Following the entropy coding by entropy encoding unit 56, theencoded bitstream may be transmitted to another device (e.g., videodecoder 30) or archived for later transmission or retrieval.

Inverse quantization unit 58 and inverse transform unit 60 apply inversequantization and inverse transformation, respectively, to reconstructthe residual block in the pixel domain. In particular, summer 62 addsthe reconstructed residual block to the motion compensated predictionblock earlier produced by motion compensation unit 44 orintra-prediction unit 46 to produce a reconstructed video block forstorage in reference picture memory 64. The reconstructed video blockmay be used by motion estimation unit 42 and motion compensation unit 44as a reference block to inter-code a block in a subsequent video frame.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of video decoder 30that may implement techniques for processing video data usingmotion-constrained tile sets (MCTSs). In the example of FIG. 3, videodecoder 30 includes an entropy decoding unit 70, motion compensationunit 72, intra prediction unit 74, inverse quantization unit 76, inversetransformation unit 78, reference picture memory 82 and summer 80. Videodecoder 30 may, in some examples, perform a decoding pass generallyreciprocal to the encoding pass described with respect to video encoder20 (FIG. 2). Motion compensation unit 72 may generate prediction databased on motion vectors received from entropy decoding unit 70, whileintra-prediction unit 74 may generate prediction data based onintra-prediction mode indicators received from entropy decoding unit 70.

During the decoding process, video decoder 30 receives an encoded videobitstream that represents video blocks of an encoded video slice andassociated syntax elements from video encoder 20. Entropy decoding unit70 of video decoder 30 entropy decodes the bitstream to generatequantized coefficients, motion vectors or intra-prediction modeindicators, and other syntax elements. Entropy decoding unit 70 forwardsthe motion vectors to and other syntax elements to motion compensationunit 72. Video decoder 30 may receive the syntax elements at the videoslice level and/or the video block level.

When the video slice is coded as an intra-coded (I) slice, intraprediction unit 74 may generate prediction data for a video block of thecurrent video slice based on a signaled intra prediction mode and datafrom previously decoded blocks of the current frame or picture. When thevideo frame is coded as an inter-coded (i.e., B or P) slice, motioncompensation unit 72 produces predictive blocks for a video block of thecurrent video slice based on the motion vectors and other syntaxelements received from entropy decoding unit 70. The predictive blocksmay be produced from one of the reference pictures within one of thereference picture lists. Video decoder 30 may construct the referenceframe lists, List 0 and List 1, using default construction techniquesbased on reference pictures stored in reference picture memory 82.Motion compensation unit 72 determines prediction information for avideo block of the current video slice by parsing the motion vectors andother syntax elements, and uses the prediction information to producethe predictive blocks for the current video block being decoded. Forexample, motion compensation unit 72 uses some of the received syntaxelements to determine a prediction mode (e.g., intra- orinter-prediction) used to code the video blocks of the video slice, aninter-prediction slice type (e.g., B slice or P slice), constructioninformation for one or more of the reference picture lists for theslice, motion vectors for each inter-encoded video block of the slice,inter-prediction status for each inter-coded video block of the slice,and other information to decode the video blocks in the current videoslice.

Motion compensation unit 72 may also perform interpolation based oninterpolation filters. Motion compensation unit 72 may use interpolationfilters as used by video encoder 20 during encoding of the video blocksto calculate interpolated values for sub-integer pixels of referenceblocks. In this case, motion compensation unit 72 may determine theinterpolation filters used by video encoder 20 from the received syntaxelements and use the interpolation filters to produce predictive blocks.

Inverse quantization unit 76 inverse quantizes, i.e., de-quantizes, thequantized transform coefficients provided in the bitstream and decodedby entropy decoding unit 70. The inverse quantization process mayinclude use of a quantization parameter QP_(Y) calculated by videodecoder 30 for each video block in the video slice to determine a degreeof quantization and, likewise, a degree of inverse quantization thatshould be applied.

Inverse transform unit 78 applies an inverse transform, e.g., an inverseDCT, an inverse integer transform, or a conceptually similar inversetransform process, to the transform coefficients in order to produceresidual blocks in the pixel domain.

After motion compensation unit 72 generates the predictive block for thecurrent video block based on the motion vectors and other syntaxelements, video decoder 30 forms a decoded video block by summing theresidual blocks from inverse transform unit 78 with the correspondingpredictive blocks generated by motion compensation unit 72. Summer 80represents the component or components that perform this summationoperation. If desired, a deblocking filter may also be applied to filterthe decoded blocks in order to remove blockiness artifacts. Other loopfilters (either in the coding loop or after the coding loop) may also beused to smooth pixel transitions, or otherwise improve the videoquality. The decoded video blocks in a given frame or picture are thenstored in reference picture memory 82, which stores reference picturesused for subsequent motion compensation. Reference picture memory 82also stores decoded video for later presentation on a display device,such as display device 32 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an example method for extracting asub-bitstream according to the techniques of this disclosure. The methodof FIG. 4 is explained as being performed by sub-bitstream extractionunit 24 of FIG. 1. However, it should be understood that other units ordevices may be configured to perform the method of FIG. 4. For example,destination device 14 or video decoder 30 may be configured to performthe method of FIG. 4.

Initially, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 receives a temporal MCTS SEImessage for a bitstream (100). In particular, sub-bitstream extractionunit 24 may receive the MCTS SEI message in an access unit of thebitstream. In this example, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 alsoreceives an MCTS-EIS SEI message for the bitstream (102). In accordancewith some examples of the techniques of this disclosure, sub-bitstreamextraction unit 24 decodes an MCTS-EIS SEI message of an access unitonly when the access unit includes a temporal MCTS SEI message.

Sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 then determines a sub-bitstream toextract from the bitstream (104). For example, sub-bitstream extractionunit 24 may receive a request from destination device 14 for one or moreparticular MCTSs. Sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 determines parametersets (e.g., video, sequence, and/or picture parameter sets) to beextracted for the one or more MCTSs to be extracted. That is, theMCTS-EIS SEI message may include identifiers of parameter setscorresponding to each MCTS. Accordingly, sub-bitstream extraction unit24 extracts the parameter sets for the MCTSs to be extracted using theMCTS-EIS SEI message (106).

In some examples, in response to determining to extract thesub-bitstream using the MCTS-EIS SEI message, sub-bitstream extractionunit 24 omits all SEI NAL units that contain non-MCTS-nested SEImessages from inclusion in the extracted sub-bitstream, regardless of avalue of a network abstraction layer (NAL) unit header layer identifiervalue for the non-MCTS-nested SEI messages (108). That is, sub-bitstreamextraction unit 24 may extract other SEI NAL units (e.g., thoseincluding only MCTS-nested SEI messages, e.g., SEI messages containingan MCTS nesting SEI message) and include these extracted SEI NAL unitsin the extracted bitstream.

In some examples, after decoding an SEI NAL unit containing an MCTSnesting SEI message, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 is configured todetermine that the MCTS nesting SEI message does not contain anynon-MCTS-nesting SEI messages. That is, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24may determine, based on a restriction imposed on the original bitstream,that any SEI NAL unit containing an MCTS nesting SEI message onlycontains MCTS-nesting SEI messages, and does not contain anynon-MCTS-nesting SEI messages. Accordingly, in response to decoding theMCTS nesting SEI message, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may decodesubsequent SEI messages of the SEI NAL unit as MCTS nesting SEI messagesin response to the determination.

Sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may also determine a set of picturesincluding MCTSs associated with the MCTS-EIS SEI message using, e.g., anassociatedPicSet syntax element of the temporal MCTS SEI message. Inparticular, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may avoid decoding anassociatedPicSet syntax element of the MCTS-EIS SEI message, and onlydecode the associatedPicSet syntax element of the temporal MCTS SEImessage.

Sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 then extracts video data for thesub-bitstream using the SEI messages (110) from the associated pictures.For example, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may extract data for oneor more slices or tiles of the associated pictures in the originalbitstream corresponding to the MCTSs, to be sent to destination device14. In some examples, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may determinethat slice segments of the sub-bitstream containing one or more tilesbelonging to respective MCTSs depend at most on slice segments withinthe same MCTS. In this manner, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 need notextract any MCTS data except the determined MCTSs to be presented. Inthis manner, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may extract a subset ofavailable MCTSs from the access unit using the MCTS-EIS SEI message.Sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 then sends the extracted sub-bitstreamto destination device 14 and video decoder 30 thereof (112).

In this manner, the method of FIG. 4 represents an example of a methodincluding determining whether an access unit of the video data includesa temporal motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancementinformation (SEI) message; and decoding an MCTS extraction informationset (MCTS-EIS) SEI message of the access unit only when the access unitincludes the temporal MCTS SEI message.

Additionally, the method of FIG. 4 represents an example of a methodincluding determining to extract a motion constrained tile sets (MCTS)sub-bitstream from an original bitstream based at least in part oninformation of an MCTS extraction information set (MCTS-EIS)supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message; and in response todetermining to extract the MCTS sub-bitstream, omitting all SEI networkabstraction layer (NAL) units that contain non-MCTS-nested SEI messagesfrom inclusion in the extracted MCTS sub-bitstream, regardless of avalue of a NAL unit header layer identifier value for thenon-MCTS-nested SEI messages.

Moreover, the method of FIG. 4 represents an example of a methodincluding decoding a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) networkabstraction layer (NAL) unit of a video bitstream, the SEI NAL unitcontaining a motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) nesting SEI message,determining that the SEI NAL unit does not contain any non-MCTS-nestingSEI messages in response to the SEI NAL unit containing the MCTS nestingSEI message, and decoding subsequent SEI messages of the SEI NAL unit asMCTS nesting SEI messages in response to the determination.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating another example method for extractinga sub-bitstream according to the techniques of this disclosure. FIG. 5is shown as a separate method from FIG. 4 for clarity, although itshould be understood that in some examples, the methods of FIGS. 4 and 5may be performed together. For example, parts of the method of FIG. 5may generally correspond to step 110 of FIG. 4. Likewise, the method ofFIG. 5 is also explained as being performed by sub-bitstream extractionunit 24 of FIG. 1. However, it should be understood that other units ordevices may be configured to perform the method of FIG. 5. For example,destination device 14 or video decoder 30 may be configured to performthe method of FIG. 5.

In this example, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 initially receives atemporal MCTS SEI message for a bitstream (120). Sub-bitstreamextraction unit 24 also determines to extract a sub-bitstream, anddetermines whether each tile of pictures in the original bitstream isits own, separate MCTS (122). For example, sub-bitstream extraction unit24 may determine a value of an each_tile_one_tile_set_flag syntaxelement of the temporal MCTS SEI message to determine whether each tilecorresponds to a separate tile set.

If each tile does correspond to a separate tile set (“YES” branch of122), sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may set identifier values foreach MCTS to tile positions of tiles in one or more correspondingpictures (124), e.g., in raster scan order. Thus, in some examples, wheneach_tile_one_tile_set_flag of the associated temporal MCTSs SEI messageis equal to 1, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may set MCTS identifiersfor each MCTS equal to a tile position of a corresponding tile in theMCTS in tile raster scan order.

On the other hand, if each tile does not correspond to a separate tileset (“NO” branch of 124), e.g., if a tile set may include two or moretiles, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may determine a number of MCTSsets in the temporal MCTS SEI message (126). The number of MCTS sets maybe indicated by the value of the num_sets_in_message_minus1 syntaxelement of the temporal MCTS SEI message. As shown in the example ofTable 1 above, the temporal MCTS SEI message may include a loop over thenumber of MCTS sets in the temporal MCTS SEI message, the loop includingone iteration per set signaling values for various syntax elements foreach MCTS set. Such parameters may include, for example, mcts_id[i]. Inaccordance with the techniques of this disclosure, sub-bitstreamextraction unit 24 iteratively process values of syntax elements forMCTSs of the temporal MCTS SEI message as shown in, e.g., Table 1 (128).Furthermore, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may set an identifiervalue (e.g., mcts_id[i]) for each MCS equal to the iteration position(130), e.g., “i” in the for loop that iterates over the MCTSs as shownin Table 1.

In either case, sub-bitstream extraction unit 24 may then extract asub-bitstream using the MCTS identifiers (132) and send thesub-bitstream to video decoder 30 (FIG. 1) (134).

In this manner, the method of FIG. 5 represents an example of a methodincluding determining a value of a syntax element of a temporal motionconstrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancement information (SEI)message of an access unit, wherein the value of the syntax elementrepresents whether all tiles of one or more corresponding pictures areincluded in separate MCTSs; and when the value of the syntax elementindicates that each tile of the corresponding pictures is not includedin the separate MCTS, setting an MCTS identifier of the MCTS of acurrent picture of the access unit equal to a value of an index of theMCTS, the current picture being one of the corresponding pictures.

It is to be recognized that depending on the example, certain acts orevents of any of the techniques described herein can be performed in adifferent sequence, may be added, merged, or left out altogether (e.g.,not all described acts or events are necessary for the practice of thetechniques). Moreover, in certain examples, acts or events may beperformed concurrently, e.g., through multi-threaded processing,interrupt processing, or multiple processors, rather than sequentially.

In one or more examples, the functions described may be implemented inhardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implementedin software, the functions may be stored on or transmitted over as oneor more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium and executedby a hardware-based processing unit. Computer-readable media may includecomputer-readable storage media, which corresponds to a tangible mediumsuch as data storage media, or communication media including any mediumthat facilitates transfer of a computer program from one place toanother, e.g., according to a communication protocol. In this manner,computer-readable media generally may correspond to (1) tangiblecomputer-readable storage media which is non-transitory or (2) acommunication medium such as a signal or carrier wave. Data storagemedia may be any available media that can be accessed by one or morecomputers or one or more processors to retrieve instructions, codeand/or data structures for implementation of the techniques described inthis disclosure. A computer program product may include acomputer-readable medium.

By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable storagemedia can comprise RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical diskstorage, magnetic disk storage, or other magnetic storage devices, flashmemory, or any other medium that can be used to store desired programcode in the form of instructions or data structures and that can beaccessed by a computer. Also, any connection is properly termed acomputer-readable medium. For example, if instructions are transmittedfrom a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable,fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), orwireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then thecoaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wirelesstechnologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in thedefinition of medium. It should be understood, however, thatcomputer-readable storage media and data storage media do not includeconnections, carrier waves, signals, or other transitory media, but areinstead directed to non-transitory, tangible storage media. Disk anddisc, as used herein, includes compact disc (CD), laser disc, opticaldisc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray disc, wheredisks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce dataoptically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be includedwithin the scope of computer-readable media.

Instructions may be executed by one or more processors, such as one ormore digital signal processors (DSPs), general purpose microprocessors,application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmablegate arrays (FPGAs), or other equivalent integrated or discrete logiccircuitry. Accordingly, the term “processor,” as used herein may referto any of the foregoing structure or any other structure suitable forimplementation of the techniques described herein. In addition, in someaspects, the functionality described herein may be provided withindedicated hardware and/or software modules configured for encoding anddecoding, or incorporated in a combined codec. Also, the techniquescould be fully implemented in one or more circuits or logic elements.

The techniques of this disclosure may be implemented in a wide varietyof devices or apparatuses, including a wireless handset, an integratedcircuit (IC) or a set of ICs (e.g., a chip set). Various components,modules, or units are described in this disclosure to emphasizefunctional aspects of devices configured to perform the disclosedtechniques, but do not necessarily require realization by differenthardware units. Rather, as described above, various units may becombined in a codec hardware unit or provided by a collection ofinteroperative hardware units, including one or more processors asdescribed above, in conjunction with suitable software and/or firmware.

Various examples have been described. These and other examples arewithin the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of processing video data, the methodcomprising: determining whether an access unit of the video data of abitstream includes a temporal motion constrained tile sets (MCTS)supplemental enhancement information (SEI) message; and decoding an MCTSextraction information set (MCTS-EIS) SEI message of the access unitonly when the access unit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message, theMCTS-EIS SEI message including information used to extract one or moresub-bitstreams from the bitstream, the information used to extract theone or more sub-bitstreams including a number of extraction informationsets and identifiers of MCTSs to which the respective extractioninformation sets apply, the extraction information sets includingrespective replacement parameter sets to be used during a sub-bitstreamextraction process.
 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, whenthe access unit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message, extracting asubset of MCTSs from the access unit based on the MCTS-EIS SEI message.3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when the access unitincludes the temporal MCTS SEI message: determining a set of associatedpictures of the temporal MCTS SEI message; and determining that the setof associated pictures of the temporal MCTS SEI message applies to theMCTS-EIS SEI message.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein determining theset of associated pictures of the temporal MCTS SEI message comprisesdecoding an associatedPicSet syntax element of the temporal MCTS SEImessage.
 5. The method of claim 3, wherein decoding the MCTS-EIS SEImessage comprises avoiding decoding an associatedPicSet syntax elementof the MCTS-EIS SEI message.
 6. The method of claim 1, furthercomprising: extracting a sub-bitstream from the video data according tothe MCTS-EIS SEI message; and passing the extracted sub-bitstream to avideo decoder.
 7. A device for processing video data, the devicecomprising: a memory configured to store video data; and one or moreprocessors implemented in circuitry and configured to: determine whetheran access unit of the video data of a bitstream includes a temporalmotion constrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancement information(SEI) message; and decode an MCTS extraction information set (MCTS-EIS)SEI message of the access unit only when the access unit includes thetemporal MCTS SEI message, the MCTS-EIS SEI message includinginformation used to extract one or more sub-bitstreams from thebitstream, the information used to extract the one or moresub-bitstreams including a number of extraction information sets andidentifiers of MCTSs to which the respective extraction information setsapply, the extraction information sets including respective replacementparameter sets to be used during a sub-bitstream extraction process. 8.The device of claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are furtherconfigured to, when the access unit includes the temporal MCTS SEImessage, extract a subset of MCTSs from the access unit based on theMCTS-EIS SEI message.
 9. The device of claim 7, wherein the one or moreprocessors are further configured to, when the access unit includes thetemporal MCTS SEI message: determine a set of associated pictures of thetemporal MCTS SEI message; and determine that the set of associatedpictures of the temporal MCTS SEI message applies to the MCTS-EIS SEImessage.
 10. The device of claim 9, wherein to determine the set ofassociated pictures of the temporal MCTS SEI message, the one or moreprocessors are configured to decode an associatedPicSet syntax elementof the temporal MCTS SEI message.
 11. The device of claim 9, wherein theone or more processors are configured to avoid decoding anassociatedPicSet syntax element of the MCTS-EIS SEI message.
 12. Thedevice of claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are furtherconfigured to: extract a sub-bitstream from the video data according tothe MCTS-EIS SEI message; and pass the extracted sub-bitstream to avideo decoder.
 13. The device of claim 7, further comprising a displayconfigured to display the video data.
 14. The device of claim 7, whereinthe device comprises one or more of a camera, a computer, a mobiledevice, a broadcast receiver device, or a set-top box.
 15. A device forprocessing video data, the device comprising: means for determiningwhether an access unit of the video data of a bitstream includes atemporal motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) supplemental enhancementinformation (SEI) message; and means for decoding an MCTS extractioninformation set (MCTS-EIS) SEI message of the access unit only when theaccess unit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message, the MCTS-EIS SEImessage including information used to extract one or more sub-bitstreamsfrom the bitstream, the information used to extract the one or moresub-bitstreams including a number of extraction information sets andidentifiers of MCTSs to which the respective extraction information setsapply, the extraction information sets including respective replacementparameter sets to be used during a sub-bitstream extraction process. 16.The device of claim 15, further comprising means for extracting a subsetof MCTSs from the access unit based on the MCTS-EIS SEI message when theaccess unit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message.
 17. The device ofclaim 15, further comprising: means for determining a set of associatedpictures of the temporal MCTS SEI message when the access unit includesthe temporal MCTS SEI message; and means for determining that the set ofassociated pictures of the temporal MCTS SEI message applies to theMCTS-EIS SEI message when the access unit includes the temporal MCTS SEImessage.
 18. The device of claim 17, wherein the means for determiningthe set of associated pictures of the temporal MCTS SEI messagecomprises means for decoding an associatedPicSet syntax element of thetemporal MCTS SEI message.
 19. The device of claim 17, wherein the meansfor decoding the MCTS-EIS SEI message comprises means for avoidingdecoding an associatedPicSet syntax element of the MCTS-EIS SEI message.20. The device of claim 15, further comprising: means for extracting asub-bitstream from the video data according to the MCTS-EIS SEI message;and means for passing the extracted sub-bitstream to a video decoder.21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having storedthereon instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to:determine whether an access unit of the video data of a bitstreamincludes a temporal motion constrained tile sets (MCTS) supplementalenhancement information (SEI) message; and decode an MCTS extractioninformation set (MCTS-EIS) SEI message of the access unit only when theaccess unit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message, the MCTS-EIS SEImessage including information used to extract one or more sub-bitstreamsfrom the bitstream, the information used to extract the one or moresub-bitstreams including a number of extraction information sets andidentifiers of MCTSs to which the respective extraction information setsapply, the extraction information sets including respective replacementparameter sets to be used during a sub-bitstream extraction process. 22.The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, furthercomprising instructions that cause the processor to, when the accessunit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message, extract a subset of MCTSsfrom the access unit based on the MCTS-EIS SEI message.
 23. Thenon-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21, furthercomprising instructions that cause the processor to, when the accessunit includes the temporal MCTS SEI message: determine a set ofassociated pictures of the temporal MCTS SEI message; and determine thatthe set of associated pictures of the temporal MCTS SEI message appliesto the MCTS-EIS SEI message.
 24. The non-transitory computer-readablestorage medium of claim 23, wherein the instructions that cause theprocessor to determine the set of associated pictures of the temporalMCTS SEI message comprise instructions that cause the processor todecode an associatedPicSet syntax element of the temporal MCTS SEImessage.
 25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium ofclaim 23, wherein the instructions that cause the processor to decodethe MCTS-EIS SEI message comprise instructions that cause the processorto avoid decoding an associatedPicSet syntax element of the MCTS-EIS SEImessage.
 26. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium ofclaim 21, further comprising instructions that cause the processor to:extract a sub-bitstream from the video data according to the MCTS-EISSEI message; and pass the extracted sub-bitstream to a video decoder.